Commodore Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 another news stream http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I'm not sure why they feel the need to remind us every 2 minutes what the Shahada means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I'm not sure why they feel the need to remind us every 2 minutes what the Shahada means. General public isn't up on their Islamic vexillology as we've already seen. I would like them to give a bit more context about the flag though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I actually like Abbott's bit about how terrorists just want to disrupt our lives and we should just do things normally and not freak out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 It's true. Sad people in the media have already freaked out and added to the freakout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Just watched Abbott`s speech. So sad. We had a Canadian kid who went off to Iraq to fight with ISIS put out a video asking Muslims to kill more Canadians in Canada. Expecting more killings here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 lots of folks here freaking out that others might freak out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Media aside I'm not seeing a great deal of evidence of anyone freaking out about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Well given we already saw a big back lash against innocent people in September, maybe we are worried about a serious risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 lots of folks here freaking out that others might freak outYeah, because we're a tiny bit more informed about the situation than overseas rubberneckers: I am seeing a lot of people tweeting/asking about the supposed police raids taking place in Lakemba at the same time as the siege. Ray Hadley, a conservativepresenter with 2GB, said raids of homes in Lakemba, which has a large Muslim population, were taking place now. Sources have told my colleague Michael Safi there are no raids underway in that suburb. About 20 police are touring the Lakemba mosque as part of a police induction day, which may have been the source of those reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Well given we already saw a big back lash against innocent people in September, maybe we are worried about a serious risk. what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 NSW Police Commissioner Scipione: 'an armed offender and an undisclosed number of hostages'. No other incidents, operations. Situation well-contained. No confirmation of individual motivation. Police footing consistent with a terrorist attack but not classified as such. No direct contact with the armed offender. No connection at this stage with Beecroft operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Eerily appropriate thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 what happened?Widespread intimidation and harassment of Muslims, especially Muslim women wearing Hijab and Niqab as they are more visible, some violence against Muslims and threats made against Mosques. An attempt to ban people wearing Burqa's from entering Parliament House by right wing fuckwits (I refuse to refer to Corey Bernadi by any other word). You know, the stuff that further marginalises a community and makes radicalisation of some of it's members easier. It's also still less than 10 years since the Cronulla riots, I'm pretty sure we remember those too even if some of our right wing hack media are trying to retcon that already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hear, hear Karaddin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Daily Telegraph join the freakoutComplete joke of a paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Well said karaddin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Will Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Channel 7's now reporting hostages leaving the cafe. Though it seems it's only a few. Daily Telegraph join the freakoutComplete joke of a paper. Did you see the back page of the same paper? Evidently we are now "Changed Forever!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 We are hearing here that it`s unknown if they were released or escaped, just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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